About YELP

The Young and Emerging Leaders Project (YELP) is an initiative of the LéO Africa Institute, which has been ongoing for 2 years, that annually inducts 20-30 outstanding thought leaders into a fellowship program designed to train and orient values of self-advancement, integrity, social responsibility, and socioeconomic transformation.

The fellowship represents our signature leadership development project which aims at nurturing a new breed of socially responsible leaders in Africa.

Awel Uwihanganye

Founder, LèO Africa Institute

Be brave enough to start something and see it through.

Lucy Mbabazi

Board Chairperson, LéO Africa Institute

The YELP fellowship is a package of transformative life lessons summarized in one year.

Cleofash Alinaitwe

2017 YELP Fellow – Uganda

YELP is a space that invests in the world’s greatest resource, which is human potential.

Loretta Kade Binu

2017 YELP Fellow – Kenya

The LéO Africa institute is working directly with young and emerging leaders to build their individual and collective capacity to live high impact and successful lives.

We leverage our network of outstanding thought leaders and extended networks of the Africa Leadership Initiative and the Aspen Global Leadership Institute to provide trainings, mentorship and coaching for young and emerging leaders in East Africa.